Boilers and Pressure Vessels Ordinance

(1)
The Authority shall keep the following
registers—
(a)
a register of boilers, pressure vessels, other than pressurized fuel containers, and steam containers;
(Replaced
93 of 1970 s. 3
)
(b)
a register of pressurized fuel containers;
(c)
a register of boiler inspectors and air receiver inspectors, in which shall be entered the name of every person who is appointed under
section 5
to be a boiler inspector or an air receiver inspector;
(Amended
87 of 1988 s. 7
)
(d)
a register of pressurized fuel container inspectors, in which shall be entered the name of every person who is appointed under
section 5
to be a pressurized fuel container inspector and his registration number which shall be allotted by the Authority; and
(e)
a register of competent persons, in which shall be entered the name of every person to whom a certificate of competency is issued under
section 6
, together with a statement as to the class or type of boiler or steam receiver that that person is for the time being competent to operate.
(2)
(a)
The following particulars shall be recorded by the Authority in the register
                    of boilers and pressure vessels in respect of each registered boiler or pressure
vessel—
(i)
the name and address of the owner for the time being of the boiler or
                        pressure vessel;
(ii)
except in the case of a boiler or pressure vessel that is designed so
                        as to be transportable from one place to another, the address at which the
                        boiler or pressure vessel is installed;
(iii)
the class or type of the boiler or pressure vessel;
(iv)
the registration number of the boiler or pressure vessel;
(v)
the maximum permissible working pressure of the boiler or pressure
                        vessel notified to him in accordance with
section
                        47(2)
;
(vi)
the maximum permissible working pressure of the boiler or pressure
                        vessel specified in the current certificate of fitness issued in respect of
                        the boiler or pressure vessel if the pressure therein specified differs from
                        the maximum permissible working pressure notified to him in accordance with
section 47(2)
or entered in the register pursuant to
                        paragraph (b);
(vii)
the date on which each certificate of fitness issued in respect of the
                        boiler or pressure vessel was issued; and
(viii)
the making by the Authority of an order under
section 32
in
                        respect of the boiler or pressure vessel and the date (if any) on which the
                        same ceased to be in force.
(b)
Where, upon an appeal under
section 48
, the maximum permissible working pressure of the boiler or pressure vessel determined by the Authority differs from the maximum permissible working pressure thereof determined by the appointed examiner from whose decision the appeal was made, the Authority shall delete the entry made in the register of boilers and pressure vessels in accordance with paragraph
(a
)(
v)
and enter in the register the maximum permissible working pressure determined by the Authority.
(Amended
87 of 1988 s. 7
)
(c)
The Authority shall delete from the register of boilers and pressure vessels the entry therein in respect of a boiler or pressure vessel if he is satisfied that it has been destroyed or is otherwise no longer being used in Hong Kong.
(3)
(a)
The following particulars shall be recorded by the Authority in the register of pressurized fuel containers in respect of each registered pressurized fuel
container—
(i)
the name and address of the owner for the time being of the pressurized fuel container;
(ii)
the place at which for the time being the pressurized fuel container is being used;
(iii)
the registration number of the pressurized fuel container;
(iv)
the making by the Authority of an order under
section 32
in respect of the pressurized fuel container and the date (if any) on which the same ceased to be in force.
(b)
The Authority shall delete from the register of pressurized fuel containers the entry therein in respect of a pressurized fuel container if he is satisfied that it has been destroyed or is otherwise no longer being used in Hong Kong.
(4)
The Authority shall remove from the register of boiler inspectors and air receiver inspectors or the register of pressurized fuel container inspectors, as the case may be, the name of any person whose appointment to be a boiler inspector or an air receiver inspector or a pressurized fuel container inspector has been revoked and shall, during the continuance in force of a suspension of the appointment of a person to be a boiler inspector or an air receiver inspector or a pressurized fuel container inspector, keep in the register of boiler inspectors and air receiver inspectors or the register of pressurized fuel container inspectors, as the case may be, such entry as he considers sufficient to indicate the suspension.
(5)
The Authority shall remove from the register of competent persons the name of any person whose certificate of competency has been revoked under
section 6(4
)(
a)
.
(Amended
15 of 2002 s. 3
)